dishevelment
/dih-shev-uhl/US // dɪˈʃɛv əl //UK // (dɪˈʃɛvəl) //
分解,解散,解体,破解
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v.有主动词 verb
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di·shev·eled, di·shev·el·ing or di·shev·elled, di·shev·el·ling.
- : to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- : to cause untidiness and disarray in: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
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Harry has been photographed coming out of Mahiki in various stages of dishevelment over the years.
Lofty houses, gay in tawdry colors and picturesque in their dishevelment, looked down on a crowd as varied as any on earth.
Her dishevelment, and the heavy brass fireplace poker on the rug beside the couch, told him the story at once.
Possibly its untidy dishevelment touched a fellow-feeling and appealed to her reckless mood.
She half sat up, a frail, exhausted little figure, whose grace was strangely appealing through all her sandy dishevelment.
Selwyn closed the door and seated himself, apparently not noticing Gerald's dishevelment.
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